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Quad9 resists French pirate-site blocking order, faces huge daily fines from beIN

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:40:29 GMT

Swiss DNS resolver Quad9 has not blocked any of the 58 domains a Paris court ordered it to restrict for French users, prompting broadcaster beIN Sports to seek penalties of up to €580,000 per day.

Source: torrentfreak.com

New US site-blocking bill targets ISPs and DNS resolvers, exempts VPNs

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:39:20 GMT

Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the DEFEND IP Act, a bicameral bill letting copyright holders obtain court orders to block foreign pirate sites via large ISPs and public DNS resolvers like Cloudflare, while exempting VPN services.

Source: torrentfreak.com

Paris court rejects Canal+ bid for daily fines against Cloudflare

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:24:25 GMT

A Paris court refused Canal+'s request for up to €50,000 a day in penalties against Cloudflare over piracy blocking of Formula 1 and MotoGP streams, ruling that Cloudflare's CDN-based blocking met its legal obligations even though its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver remained unblocked.

Source: TorrentFreak

UDRP over Ollith.com fails despite suspiciously fast registration

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:19:41 GMT

Glenn Richard Meridth lost a UDRP complaint against Ollith.com, registered with Dominet (HK) Limited, after filing it just three days after applying for the OLLITH trademark. The panel denied the complaint without prejudice, citing no proven trademark rights yet.

Source: DomainGang

UDRP panel orders IQCrack.com transferred to Philip Morris over IQOS links

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:18:42 GMT

Philip Morris Products won a UDRP case against IQCrack.com, a Taiwan-based online shop, after a WIPO panel ruled the site's content deliberately evoked the IQOS heated tobacco brand despite the domain sharing only two letters with the trademark.

Source: DomainGang